Kubota T, Araki F, Ohno T. Impact of the cavity on sinus wall dose in magnetic resonance image-guided radiation therapy.
Phys Med 2020;
74:100-109. [PMID:
32450541 DOI:
10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.05.009]
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Abstract
PURPOSE
This study aims to investigate the impact of the cavity on the sinus wall dose by comparing dose distributions with and without the sinus under magnetic fields using Monte Carlo calculations.
METHODS
A water phantom containing a sinus cavity (Empty) was created, and dose distributions were calculated for 1, 2, and 4 irradiation fields with 6 MV photons. The sinus in the phantom was then filled with water (Full), and the dose distributions were calculated again. The sinus was set to cubes of 2 cm and 4 cm. The magnetic field was applied to the transverse and inline direction under the magnetic flux densities of 0 T, 0.35 T, 0.5 T, 1.0 T, and 1.5 T. The dose distributions were analyzed by the dose difference, dose volume histogram, and D2 with sinus wall thicknesses of 1 and 5 mm.
RESULTS
D2 in the "Empty" sinus wall under transverse magnetic fields for the 1-field and 4-field cases was 51.9% higher and 3.7% lower than that in the "Full" sinus wall at 1.5 T, respectively. Meanwhile, D2 in the Empty sinus wall under inline magnetic fields for 1-field and 4-fields was 2.3% and 2.6% lower than that in the "Full" sinus at B = 0 T, respectively, whereas D2 was 0.9% and 0.7% larger at 1.0 T, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS
The impact of the cavity on the sinus wall dose depends on the magnetic flux density, direction of the magnetic field and irradiation beam, and number of irradiation fields.
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